Soccer betting preview: St. Gallen welcomes Servette in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Switzerland Super League
Competition: Sat 12.February
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)
Venue: Kybunpark (19456 seats)

St. Gallen are believing in their home crowd to aid them during this meeting versus Servette. Who triumphs at Kybunpark?

Insights:
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Servette have won significantly less corners away then at home.

The hosts St. Gallen saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Swiss Cup. That game was an away game at Etoile Carouge, so at least St. Gallen are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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St. Gallen form and stats

The total Super League stats playing at home this season for St. Gallen are 2-5-3 (wins-draws-losses). Two draws in a row at home now for Gallen.

In the match before that, St. Gallen hosted Young Boys and drew the Super League game 3-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how St. Gallen have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn two and lost five.

Gallen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Kybunpark with 15 goals in 10 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the St. Gallen defense is not exactly impregnable. 19 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Servette form and stats

4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Servette playing as the away team in the Super League this season.

Servette had fun at their own home (Kybunpark) last time out, beating Lausanne Sport 1-0. Sasso scored. The attacker Imeri got a match rating of 7.6 in that game. Imeri hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Zurich wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Servette playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were five Servette wins, three draws and nine defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy Servette's attacking play in away games, having scored 15 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Servette have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The last head-to-head meeting ended Gallen - Servette 2-1, played this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the last ten meetings): St. Gallen won six games, two matches ended with a draw and Servette got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

ServetteK. Imeri
K. Imeri
8 goals
GallenK. Duah
K. Duah
7 goals
ServetteT. Cognat
T. Cognat
4 goals

St. Gallen missing players

Servette missing players

St. Gallen Servette
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 2 Played P 3 10 20
5 2 0 Won W 2 4 8
5 5 2 Drew D 1 2 4
10 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
30 15 2 Scored S 6 15 33
43 19 2 Conceded C 1 15 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
90% 90% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 90%
70% 60% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 70% 70%
50% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 35%
25% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 25%
75% 70% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 70% 70%
5% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 67% 20% 15%
20% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 15%
 
6.2 5.7 8 Corners for (avg) C F 2 3.8 4.7
5.5 5.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 4.2 4
2.5 2.9 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.1
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 10.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.6 11.3
5 4.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4.1 4.1
30% 33% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 37% 40%
 
11.9 12.7 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7.7 10.3 9.2
5.4 5.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.7 4.4
Key stats in Super League this season:
  • Servette have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Servette haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • St. Gallen have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • St. Gallen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Zurich 20 14 4 2 47 27 10 8 2 0 26 10 10 6 2 2 21 17 20 46
2 Basel 20 9 10 1 44 22 10 4 5 1 24 12 10 5 5 0 20 10 22 37
3 Young Boys 20 10 6 4 47 25 10 6 3 1 20 11 10 4 3 3 27 14 22 36
4 Lugano 20 10 3 7 27 26 10 6 2 2 15 13 10 4 1 5 12 13 1 33
5 Servette 20 8 4 8 33 34 10 4 2 4 18 19 10 4 2 4 15 15 -1 28
6 Sion 20 7 4 9 29 38 10 5 1 4 14 11 10 2 3 5 15 27 -9 25
7 Grasshopper 20 5 8 7 33 31 10 3 4 3 18 16 10 2 4 4 15 15 2 23
8 St. Gallen 20 5 5 10 30 43 10 2 5 3 15 19 10 3 0 7 15 24 -13 20
9 Lausanne Sport 20 2 6 12 19 43 10 1 3 6 11 26 10 1 3 6 8 17 -24 12
10 Luzern 20 1 8 11 21 41 10 1 2 7 11 21 10 0 6 4 10 20 -20 11

Read more about Super League

Football is the most popular sport in Switzerland and the Swiss Super League is the top competition. It has ten teams who play each other four times for a total of 36 fixtures each. The season runs from July to May with a winter break. Number one in the final league table is the champion, number ten is relegated while number nine plays a relegation playoff.